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Sun Salutation

Sun Salutation noun: a common series of asanas in yoga.

Noun

Sun Salutation

  1. A common series of asanas in yoga.

Sun Salutation meaning in Gujarati and Sanskrit

Sun Salutation in Gujarati

Sun Salutation
સૂર્યનમસ્કાર sūryanmaskār

Sun Salutation in Sanskrit

series of asanas
सूर्यनमस्कार sūryanamaskāra

Origin of Sun Salutation

Calque of Sanskrit सूर्यनमस्कार (sūryanamaskāra), from सूर्य (sūrya, “sun”) + नमस्कार (namaskāra, “respectful greetings”)

Questions about Sun Salutation

What does Sun Salutation mean?
Sun Salutation means a common series of asanas in yoga.
What is Sun Salutation in Gujarati?
Sun Salutation in Gujarati is સૂર્યનમસ્કાર (sūryanmaskār). See Sun Salutation meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is Sun Salutation?
Sun Salutation is a noun.

Words near Sun Salutation in the dictionary

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  3. sun protection factors
  4. sun room
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  7. sun shot
  8. sun shots
  9. sun shower
  10. sun showers
  11. sun sign

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sun Salutation (page history and authors); સૂર્યનમસ્કાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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